1951. Second impression. 608 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over pink cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Pen annotation to front endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Thumb marks present to front endpapers. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing.